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J, W. GONNELL Y. GULTIVATOR.

Patented Sept. 24, 1867..

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Be it known that I, J. W. GONNELY, of Charleston, in the county of Goles, and State of Illinois, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Cultivators; and I -do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my improved cultivator.

1 Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same takenthrough the line at :c', fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. My invention has forfits object to improve the construction of my improved cultivator, patented February 19, 1867, and numbered 62,185, so as to make it more satisfactory and effective in operation; and it consists in the construction of the spindles, and in. their combination with the axle and wheels, and in the manner in which the central plough-beams are pivoted to the frame of the cultivator.

' A is the axle, which I usually make four feet one inch in length, three inches in breadth, and three inches in thickness. B are the spindles, which are made crank-shaped, and are secured to the under side of the ends of the axle A by bolts passing through slots in the said spindles, so that they may be so adjusted that the wheels C may run at a greater or less distance apart,as may be desired. D are the longitudinal bars of the frame, which are securely attached to the axle A at a distance of about twenty-two inches apart, and which I usually make five feet nine inches in length, three inches in breadth, and two inches thick. The forward ends ot' the bars D are connected by the front cross-bar E, which also serves as the double-tree or draught-bar of the machine. The bar E I usually make about three feet ten inches in length, three inches broad, and two inches thick. The bar E is securely bolted tothe bars D at. the distance of about twenty-seven inches from the axle. F is the central cross-bar, which is secured to the bars D at about six inches distance fromthe axle A, and'is two inches square and two feet four inches long. G is the tongue, which is secured to the crossbars E and F, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. H, the rear cross-bar or seat-board, which is made of an inchboard twelve incheswide and two feet six inches long, and is placed at the distance of'twenty inches from the axle A. I are the standards of the outer ploughs, the upper ends of which are pivoted to-tbe longitudinal bars D twenty-eight inches in the rear of the axle A. The standards I are' three feet long, three inches broad, and two inches thick. The standards I are held-at any desired inclination by the chains J, the lower ends-of which are pivoted to the lower parts of the standards I, and their upper ends hook upon hooks attached to the axle A, so that they may be lengthened or shortened at will. K are the beams of the central ploughs, which are four feet long, two inches broad, and tbree inches thick, and to the rear ends of which are pivoted the upper ends of the central plough-standards L, which are twenty inches long, two inches broad, and three inches thick. The standards L are held at any desired inclination by the adjustable braces M, the'npper ends of which are pivoted to the beams K, and their lower ends have holes through them, through which are passed pins against which thesaid standards rest. The standards L have stirr ups N att-ached to their inner sides about twelve inches above their lowerends, to enable the driver to guide the central ploughs with his feet. To the upper side of the axie A-is attached a fulcrum post 0 ten inches high, .to the upper end of which is pivoted a lever, I, in such a position that its long arm may be reached and operated by the driver-from his seat. To the short arm of the lever P are attached chains R leading to the rear part of the beams K and to the lower parts of the standards I, so that by operating the lever Fall the ploughs may be raised from the ground at the same time. Thefo'rward ends of the central ploughbeams K must be pivoted to the front part of the frame in such a way that their 'rear parts may have a free F vertical and lateral movement: This pivoting may be done in various ways, as bypivotingthem to -the longitudinal bars D, or to the front cross-bar E, or to the tongue G by elbow or bent swinging-bolts S, T,and U, or it may be done by a pivoted clevis-bolt V, or by staples or eye-bolts W, or by a band or strap X passing around L the front'cross-bar and attached to the ends of the said beams.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The slotted adjustable crank-spindles B, in combination with the axle'A and wheels 0, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purposesct-forth.

2. Iivoting the forward ends of the beams K to the longitudinal bars D, by means of bent or clbow-holts S. substantially as herein shown and described.

Pivoting the forward ends of the beams K to the tongue G, by means of the bent or elbow-bolts U, substantially as herein shown and described.

4.. Pivoting the forward ends of the' beams K'to the front cross-bar E, by means of elbow or bent swinging 7 bolts T, substantially as herein shown and described.

5.- Pivoting the forward ends of the beams K to the front cross-bar E, by means of the strap or band X pnssing around the said cross-bur E and secured to the ends of the said beams K, substantially as herein shown and described.

J. w. CONNELY. Witnesses:

S. M. SHEPARD, G. H. Born. 

